Name/Title
ShirtEntry/Object ID
G2004.079Description
Entirely hand stitched fine linen shirt. Large size; side seams made of neatly butted selvages. Vents with reinforcements; large underarm gussets; deep and wide reinforcements at armscye and wide ones atop shoulder. Gusset at neck, and narrow external shoulder reinforcement. Deep neck slit with reinforcement at base. Deep collar and relatively narrow cuffs; two dorset buttons on collar and one each on cuff close to sleeve. Fine topstitching. Fine lawn frill on either side of neck opening. Illegible name inked at bottom, and “no. 1.Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
shirt, hand stitched, frilled, linen, deep collar
